Tellency
Tellency
🇨🇦 Serving All Canadian Provinces

Canada's Smartest ERP for Growing Businesses.

CRA-compliant, multi-province payroll, GST/HST/QST automation — all in one platform. From Toronto's financial district to Vancouver's tech corridor. Deploy in weeks, not months.

20+
Business modules
1–4 wks
Go-live time
70%
Cost savings vs SAP
CRA
Fully compliant
01 — Canada

Built for the Canadian Business Landscape

Not a US product with a Canadian flag — genuinely built for how Canadian businesses operate.

01

CRA & Tax Compliant

Built-in GST/HST/QST calculations, T4/T4A generation, ROE filing support, and CRA-ready reports. Every province handled automatically.

02

Multi-Province Payroll

CPP, EI, provincial tax deductions, vacation pay — all calculated automatically across provinces.

03

Multi-Currency & USD/CAD

Seamless CAD/USD transactions for cross-border trade. Real-time exchange rates and US customs documentation.

04

English & French Ready

Bilingual interface for Quebec businesses. French invoices, bilingual reports, and Quebec language compliance.

05

1–4 Week Deployment

Go live in weeks with full data migration. No 12-month SAP implementations.

06

AI-Powered Automation

Automate invoicing, inventory reordering, payroll, and reporting. Save 15+ hours per week.

07

Built Around Your Business

Tell us what you need — we customize your ERP in days. No expensive consultants at $200+/hr like SAP.

02 — Local presence

ERP Solutions in Your City

Local expertise, on-site implementation available. Select your city.

03 — Jurisdictions

Every Province, Every Tax Rule — Handled

Tellency automatically applies the correct tax rates and compliance rules for each province.

ON/Ontario
HST 13%

Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, Brampton

BC/British Columbia
GST 5% + PST 7%

Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria

AB/Alberta
GST 5% only

Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer

QC/Quebec
GST 5% + QST 9.975%

Montreal, Quebec City, Laval

MB/Manitoba
GST 5% + PST 7%

Winnipeg, Brandon

SK/Saskatchewan
GST 5% + PST 6%

Saskatoon, Regina

NS/Nova Scotia
HST 15%

Halifax, Dartmouth

NB/New Brunswick
HST 15%

Moncton, Fredericton

04 — Platform

Complete ERP. Everything your business needs.

One platform to replace QuickBooks, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools.

Finance & Accounting

01
  • General Ledger & Chart of Accounts
  • CRA-Ready Financial Reports
  • GST/HST/QST Auto-Calculation
  • Bank Reconciliation (Big 5 Banks)
  • Multi-currency CAD/USD Support

Sales & CRM

02
  • Lead & Opportunity Tracking
  • Quotation to Invoice Flow
  • Customer Credit Management
  • Sales Analytics & Forecasting
  • E-commerce Integration

Inventory & Warehouse

03
  • Real-time Stock Tracking
  • Multi-warehouse Management
  • Barcode/QR Scanning
  • Cross-border Inventory (US/CA)
  • Batch & Expiry Tracking

HR & Payroll

04
  • CPP & EI Deductions
  • Provincial Tax Calculations
  • T4/T4A/ROE Generation
  • Vacation Pay & Stat Holidays
  • Multi-Province Payroll

Manufacturing

05
  • Bill of Materials (BOM)
  • Production Planning & Scheduling
  • Quality Control & Compliance
  • Work Order Management
  • Cost Tracking (CAD)

POS & Retail

06
  • Touch Screen POS
  • Multiple Payment Methods
  • Customer Loyalty Programs
  • Interac/Debit Integration
  • Multi-location Support
05 — Comparison

Tellency vs traditional ERP

See why businesses are switching from expensive legacy systems.

Feature
Tellency ERP
SAP / Oracle / NetSuite
Implementation Time
1–4 Weeks
6–18 Months
Setup Cost
Contact Sales
$50,000–500,000+
Monthly Cost / User
From $79 CAD
$200–500+ CAD
CRA Compliance
Built-in
Expensive add-on
GST/HST/QST
All provinces included
Manual config required
Canadian Payroll
CPP/EI/T4 included
Separate module ($$$)
AI Automation
Included
Not available
Bilingual (EN/FR)
Built-in
Add-on or not available
Customization
AI-powered (done for you)
Consultants $200–400/hr
06 — Buyer's guide

Choosing ERP software in Canada: what actually matters

Most ERP comparisons are written for American buyers and then given a Canadian flag. These are the six things Canadian owners and controllers should test before they sign — with a live demo, not a slide.

Sales tax is table stakes, not a feature

01

Canada is one country with several tax regimes: GST at 5% federally, HST at 13% in Ontario and 15% in the Atlantic provinces, PST at 7% in BC and Manitoba and 6% in Saskatchewan, and QST at 9.975% in Quebec. A real Canadian ERP applies place-of-supply rules automatically, tracks input tax credits on purchases, and produces CRA-ready GST/HST returns without a spreadsheet in the middle. Ask the vendor to invoice a BC customer and an Ontario customer from the same screen and show the tax lines.

Payroll: CPP, EI and ten sets of provincial rules

02

Canadian payroll means CPP and EI contributions, federal and provincial income tax tables, vacation pay that differs by province, provincial statutory holidays, and year-end T4, T4A and ROE filings. Many ERPs sold in Canada bolt payroll on through a partner product, which means a second login, a second export and a reconciliation nobody enjoys. Tellency runs payroll on the same ledger as the rest of the business, so wages, deductions and remittances post once.

Cross-border trade and multi-currency without the mess

03

A large share of Canadian SMBs sell into the US or import from it. That means CAD and USD on the same customer, realized and unrealized FX gains at period end, CUSMA documentation and US customs paperwork. Tellency handles multi-currency natively and reconciles against statement imports from Canadian banks, so a USD receipt landing in a CAD account is a two-click match rather than a manual journal.

What implementation really costs — and why the timeline is the real price

04

The subscription is rarely what makes ERP expensive; the implementation is. Traditional mid-market systems are quoted in months and billed in consultant hours, and the business runs on spreadsheets in the meantime. Tellency is configured to your Canadian business on a fixed scope — chart of accounts, tax rules, modules, user roles and data migration from QuickBooks, Sage or spreadsheets — and goes live in one to four weeks. Ask any vendor for two numbers before you sign: the all-in cost to go live, and the week you will actually be running month-end in the new system.

Where AI helps — and where it must never act alone

05

Two kinds of AI live in Tellency. Nexus AI answers questions about your own data in plain English — 'show me overdue receivables over 60 days by customer' — and builds the report on the spot. AI agents go further: they can prepare bank reconciliations, draft journal entries, chase overdue invoices and flag stock that needs reordering. The rule that makes this safe is simple and enforced in code: every posting to the ledger waits for a human approval, and every amount must trace to a source document — a bank line, an invoice, a purchase order. The AI proposes; a person with authority approves; the audit trail records both.

QuickBooks vs. ERP: the signs it is time to switch

06

Most growing businesses outgrow entry-level accounting software in the same ways: inventory lives in a spreadsheet next to the books, a second location or entity needs its own set of numbers, payroll runs in a separate tool and is re-keyed, month-end takes two weeks because sales tax is reconciled by hand, and nobody can answer 'what is our margin by product line' without an export. For Canadian businesses the tipping point is usually the first year with two provinces' worth of sales tax or the first hire in a second province. An ERP puts sales, inventory, purchasing, payroll and accounting on one ledger so those questions have live answers.

07 — FAQ

Frequently asked questions — ERP in Canada

What is the best ERP software for a small business in Canada?
The best fit is the system that handles Canadian tax and payroll natively, covers the modules you actually run (finance, sales, inventory, purchasing, payroll, and manufacturing or retail if that is your business), and can be live in weeks rather than quarters. Tellency was built around GST/HST/PST/QST rules, CRA payroll requirements and CAD/USD trade, and is configured to a business in one to four weeks.
How much does ERP software cost in Canada?
Budget two numbers: the recurring per-user subscription and the one-time implementation. Tellency's per-user pricing starts at $79 CAD per user per month, with implementation scoped as a fixed project that includes data migration, configuration and training. Traditional mid-market ERP implementations are typically quoted in months of consultant time, which is where most of the cost hides.
Does Tellency calculate GST, HST, PST and QST automatically?
Yes. Tax is applied by place-of-supply rules on every sale, input tax credits are tracked on purchases, and the GST/HST return is produced from the ledger. Provincial sales tax in BC, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and QST in Quebec are handled as separate tax authorities with their own remittance reports.
Can Tellency run Canadian payroll?
Yes. Payroll covers CPP and EI, federal and provincial income tax, vacation pay and statutory holidays by province, and produces T4, T4A and ROE filings. Because payroll posts to the same general ledger as everything else, there is no re-keying between a payroll tool and the books.
Is Tellency suitable for businesses in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary or Montreal?
Yes — Tellency runs multi-location businesses across provinces, applying each province's tax and payroll rules automatically. We maintain dedicated pages for Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Mississauga, Brampton and Surrey describing the local considerations for each market.
How long does a Tellency implementation take?
One to four weeks for most businesses. The work is: confirm your chart of accounts and tax setup, configure the modules you use, migrate customers, vendors, items, open receivables and payables and opening balances, train your team, and run a parallel month-end before cut-over.
Can we migrate from QuickBooks or Sage?
Yes. Migration is part of implementation: chart of accounts, customers, vendors, inventory items, open AR and AP, and historical balances are brought across and reconciled to your closing trial balance before you go live.
Can the AI post transactions on its own?
No, and that is deliberate. AI agents can prepare reconciliations, draft journal entries and chase receivables, but every ledger posting waits for human approval and every amount must trace to a source document such as a bank line, an invoice or a purchase order. The approval and the source are both recorded in the audit trail.
Is our data kept separate from other customers?
Yes. Each customer runs in its own isolated database with role-based access control and a full audit log of every change and approval.
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